Ἄμανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. May share an origin with the comparative adjective ἀμείνων, similarly to κρατύς and κρείσσων, implying a meaning of "good".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.maː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma.nos/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓́μᾱνος • (Ắmānos) m (genitive Ᾰ̓μᾱ́νου); second declension
- Amanus; Nur Mountains
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓́μᾱνος ho Ắmānos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́νου toû Ămā́nou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́νῳ tōî Ămā́nōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓́μᾱνον tòn Ắmānon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ᾰ̓́μᾱνε Ắmāne | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀμᾱνῑ́της (amānī́tēs)
Descendants
- Greek: Άμανος (Ámanos)
- → Latin: Amānus
Further reading
- Ἄμανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000